Notes and Deals I’m not sure why, but today’s dispatch has shaped up as a special catfight edition. The NY Post puts Peter Richmond’s “substantial” deal for a Peggy Lee bio that we posted yesterday at $200,000 — as new deal reports swell with everything from the US version of the controversial Why People Do Hate America to a successful young French novelist, a major fiction deal for a writer born and raised in Afghanistan, Jeff Frank’s latest, a deal for a Clancy co-author, the mysteries of the western locust, the dramatic tale of tracking down diamonds confiscated from Jews […]

Peggy Lee, The Countess of Elgin, a Lucky Author, Lots of Fiction, Fitness, Fans, and More With the holiday break we’ve got literally dozens of new deals just since the end of last week, including a rising fitness author switching houses in a four-book deal, a big biography on Peggy Lee, a novelist boosted by an earlier Lunch appearance (and Book Sense endorsement) signing for another, a NY Times staffer’s first novel, the surprising tale of the woman who brought home the Elgin marbles, a new book from a Worst Case Scenario co-author, an instant book on the ethics of […]

The Latest Deals The latest reports include a significant deal for sex expert Lou Paget, a big fiction sale in London, a new book from Gerald May, M.D., (yesterday should have simply indicated a new deal for Mary McGarry Morris, not a new home), and about 65 other transactions in all since our last Deal Lunch (the next one will be on Tuesday). See them live and catch up on them all now by joining at PublishersMarketplace. And our searchable archive has well over 3,000 deals, great for researching agents, editors, houses, seasons, topics, and more. Join Marketplace here and […]

The Latest Deals A new home for Mary McGarry Morris (and another novelist moves to Putnam from FSG), a bestselling novelist’s daughter takes to the mass market, film rights to Robert Bingham’s novel, why corporations are “legally organized to behave like psychopathic personalities,” and much more — with new deals reported live all the time, for members who sign up at PublishersMarketplace. And there’s a searchable archive of well over 3,000 deals, great for researching agents, editors, houses, seasons, topics, and more. Join Marketplace here and enjoy full benefits Go directly to the latest deals Deal Reports Have a deal […]

The Latest Deals Among the dozen new deals from a yesterday, a VIBE founder’s look at American culture and sexuality (and from another author, an encyclopedia of cool), a big UK sale, Vin Diesel “xxxposed,” the charming confessions of “an old salt,” a big book on spirits, and much more — with new deals reported live all the time, for members who sign up at PublishersMarketplace. And there’s a searchable archive of well over 3,000 deals, great for researching agents, editors, houses, seasons, topics, and more. Join Marketplace here and enjoy full benefits Go directly to the latest deals Deal […]

Greetings As far as I’m concerned today really ought to be Labor Day, but since the calendar says it is not it’s time to resume our daily Lunch. Please indulge me if it takes a little while to restart the engine, particulary since I have to deliver two books over the next two weeks. But I hope everyone had a nice end to summer. There will be no Lunch on Wednesday, September 11 and on Monday, September 16. Deal Lunch will be published some time this week, but not today (as usual, to stay on top of all the most […]